In this article on The Free Press, the author seems genuinely surprised to realise that much food and drink is the US is not really safe to eat and drink, due to food colourings, pesticides, preservatives, sweeteners,, pollution, hormones, etc.

This is not news to most Europeans, who have been made aware by a long history of news and supply issues:

• Fruit Loops in Europe and Canada are differently formulated than those sold in the US, because the US versions (which are less brightly coloured) contain ingredients that are illegal in Europe and Canada;
• For years, Gatorade was unavailable in Europe, again because of unsafe and illegal ingredients, and other soft drinks like Mountain Dew are still unavailable;
• Whilst Britain was negotiating Brexit, the USA opened trade negotiations with Britain, hoping to gain new markets for their food exports, but the negotiations failed mainly due to American chlorinated chicken and beef containing growth hormone (among other issues);
• US Tap water is notoriously unsafe (see the map here, and also remember the Flint water scandal).

Given what they actually do, I believe that the EPA should be called the Economic Protection Agency (they protect the economy and big corporations more than they protect consumers), and the FDA should be called the Food And Drug Apologists.

The root of the problem is that influence on government policy and on the FDA and EPA is wielded by lobbyists rather than consumers. As a result, food and drink labeling laws are much less strict in America than in Europe, so you can't protect yourself simply by reading the labels.

If my government is telling me that US food and drink is unsafe, maybe US consumers should also be paying attention